---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising plates for the \"Detroit Red Wings\", \"Detroit Tigers\", \"Detroit Lions\", and \"Detroit Pistons\"; create. Amends secs. 811e & 811h of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811e & 257.811h) & adds secs. 811cc, 811dd, 811ee & 811ff."
description: "Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising plates for the \"Detroit Red Wings\", \"Detroit Tigers\", \"Detroit Lions\", and \"Detroit Pistons\"; create. Amends secs. 811e & 811h of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811e & 257.811h) & adds secs. 811cc, 811dd, 811ee & 811ff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Michigan SB 178 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: fund-raising registration plates", "State agencies (existing): state"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c29e32c-268a-48e3-86a6-c7cf808af260"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0178"
source_hash: "86028a30ab5b609fdb89e759f80c2dbabddac05c5b71c5aa5711e0a2c7f2ea27"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mi"]
---

# Michigan SB 178 (2017-2018) — Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising plates for the "Detroit Red Wings", "Detroit Tigers", "Detroit Lions", and "Detroit Pistons"; create. Amends secs. 811e & 811h of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811e & 257.811h) & adds secs. 811cc, 811dd, 811ee & 811ff.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBH-0178.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0178.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0326.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2017-SCB-0178.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0178.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 525 Yeas 80 Nays 29 — **80–29** (pass) · lower
- ROLL CALL # 552 YEAS 35 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 120 YEAS 33 NAYS 3 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **33–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 36 — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Zorn — cosponsor (person)
- Darwin Booher — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Hildenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- David Knezek — cosponsor (person)
- David Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Goeff Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Hoon-Yung Hopgood — cosponsor (person)
- James Marleau — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Stamas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JIM STAMAS `introduction`
- **2017-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 120 YEAS 33 NAYS 3 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** received on 04/27/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute H-2 `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** substitute H-2 adopted and amended
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 525 Yeas 80 Nays 29 `passage`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** title amended
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE H-2 CONCURRED IN
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL # 552 YEAS 35 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** TITLE AMENDMENT AGREED TO
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2018-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 6/25/2018 @ 2:46 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/28/2018 @ 6:50 AM `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 7/2/2018 @ 1:02 PM
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 326'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c29e32c-268a-48e3-86a6-c7cf808af260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).